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12 hours ago | Sam Balf
Just 42,800 tonnes of milling wheat were exported from Rouen in the week to Wednesday January 15, according to data released by French port operator Haropa on Thursday.
13 hours ago | Yuriy Sirosh
Canada's grain and oilseeds weekly exports pace increased by 71% in the week ended Sunday January 12, totaling 1.17 million tonnes, data from the Canadian Grain Commission released on Friday January 17 shows.
14 hours ago | Regina Koh
Chinese state agencies held an auction for imported soybeans from the country’s reserves on Friday January 17, where 46,109 tonnes of soybeans were sold, sources told Fastmarkets.
16 Jan 2025 | Marcela Caetano
Brazilian soybean output is expected to reach 172.4 million tonnes in 2024/25, up from the previous 172.2 million tonnes forecast, while the Brazilian soybean exports forecast rose to 105.1 million tonnes in 2025, from the previous estimate of 103.4 million tonnes, local consultancy Agroconsult said on Thursday January 16.
Market Commentary
Wheat Commentary
4 hours ago
US wheat futures were little changed on Friday January 17, with market participants awaiting fresh market news before making sizable bets in either direction.
Corn Commentary
4 hours ago
Corn prices gained momentum in North America on Friday January 17, with US futures rallying alongside higher Asian Dalian contracts, supported by strong exports and tightening supply forecasts from key global producers.
Soybean Commentary
2 hours ago
Soybean futures rebounded on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange on Friday January 17 on the back of higher soybean products and corn futures, weather concerns in Argentina, along with optimism regarding US-China relations.
Vegoils Commentary
3 hours ago
Vegoils markets ended the week in different directions on Friday January 17 as market participants positioned ahead the long holiday weekend. Soy products climbed on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, supported mainly by a positive trend in soybeans, while crude palm oil (CPO) futures rose following a volatile session.
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Editor's Pick
10 Dec 2024 | Eduardo Tinti
Futures across the soy complex in Chicago reacted mildly to the USDA World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report released late in the session on Tuesday December 10, with little changes to global balance sheets and an anticipated increase in US soyoil export figures.
10 Dec 2024 | Marcela Caetano
The US Department of Agriculture has kept its US soybean ending stocks estimate unchanged while increasing its global forecast, the World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report showed on Tuesday December 10.
10 Dec 2024 | Mark Shenk
The US Department of Agriculture reduced its estimates for US wheat ending stocks for the 2024/25 marketing year, while bolstering export projections and slightly increasing its global stocks forecast.
10 Dec 2024 | Jocelyn Garcia
The USDA's World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report update released on Tuesday December 10 highlights key changes to the US corn outlook, including increased usage (ethanol production as well as food, seed and industrial use), higher exports and reduced ending stocks.
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10 Jan 2025 | Jocelyn Garcia
The US Department of Agriculture’s World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report update for January projects lower corn production, usage and ending stocks.
10 Jan 2025 | Jocelyn Garcia
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10 Jan 2025 | Fastmarkets team
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1 hour ago | Mark Shenk
Investors in the US corn and soybean markets trimmed shorts while amassing longs in the week to Tuesday January 14, pushing the corn net long to the highest-level since May 2022 and moving soybeans from a net short to a net long for the first time in more than a year, data from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) showed late on Friday January 17.
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6 hours ago | Marcela Caetano
Corn harvest advanced 8 percentage points, to 16% of an area of 748,511 hectares in the week to Thursday January 16 in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul, while soybean sowing remains interrupted by the lack of rain, state agency Emater said in its weekly report released late on Thursday.
6 hours ago | Masha Belikova
After two weeks of dropping, Russian wheat taxes were raised for January 22-28, the country’s agriculture ministry said on Friday January 17.
6 hours ago | Marcela Caetano
Rosario Grain Exchange (BCR) has cut its estimate for Argentina’s corn harvest to 48 million tonnes from the previous forecast of 52 million tonnes due to drought while discarding the possibility of an output of 53-53.5 million tonnes for soybeans due to losses in late-sowing areas, its monthly estimates update showed on Wednesday January 15.
9 hours ago | Yana Sukharska
Ukraine exported 912,000 tonnes of grains during the week ended Thursday January 16, up by 152,000 tonnes, or 20%, from the previous week, according to data released by the country’s State Customs Service on Friday January 17.
16 Jan 2025 | Victor Gusmao
Sales of soybean old crop and corn new crop surged during the week to January 8, according to data released by Argentina’s agriculture secretariat on Wednesday January 15.
16 Jan 2025 | Marcela Caetano
The Argentine Oilseed Crushers Union (SOEA) decided to maintain a strike at Argentina’s soybean crusher Vicentin started on Saturday January 11, as workers demanded the payment of the agreed-upon bonus and rejected an agreement offer. Workers from the biodiesel company Explora joined the strike because they also did not receive the annual bonus.